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City of London 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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21
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Table: Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1910.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1910.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the district.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1 Small-pox.................................
2. Measles..............................5
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemics Influenza2...............211......
6. Whooping Cough2...2............2......2
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup..............................19
8. Croup.................................
9. Enteric Fever1............1......1......
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhœa, Dysentery..............................16
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis.................................
13. Enteritis321............12...5
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas1............1......1...2
16. Puerperal Fever1............1......1...5
17. Other Septic Diseases2............2......2...17
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia...............................1
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges2...2...............2...16
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs18.........611199118
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis51......12123...14
22. Alcoholism3............21...3......
23. Cancer18............81099...65
24. Premature Birth22...............11...15
25. Developmental Diseases55...............23...6
26. Old Age17...............175124...
27. Meningitis1...............1...1...12
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain..............................4
29. Organic Diseases of Heart1.........1.........1...11
30. Acute Bronchitis10............3737...5
31. Chronic Bronchitis17............21551218
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia...........................14
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia511......2123139
34. Diseases of Stomach..............................14
35. Obstruction of Intestines...........................114
36. Cirrhosis of Liver2............11...2...4
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease13............7658...31
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...............................5
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition..............................2
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence81.........4326...70
41. Deaths by Suicide4............22...4...4
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes31............212...4
43. All other Causes621.........342724384207
Total all Causes‡208146...883977413413†645

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It will be seen from the foregoing that daring the year, excluding Chickenpox
and Phthisis, 66 Certificates were received, including 6 "duplicates,"
and 6 in which the diagnosis was subsequently found to be incorrect.
The total number of cases of "notifiable infectious disease" was therefore,
54, as compared with 67 for the previous year. The total number of cases
of Scarlet Fever reported was 18, compared with 35 of last year.
The following is a Return of infectious disease notified, exclusive of Chickenpox
and Phthisis, occurring in the City of London, with the percentages
of such cases removed for treatment to hospitals or nursed at home
during 1910, compared with the figures for the previous five years: —
Year.
Number of
cases reported.
Per cent. of
cases reported.
Removed to
Hospital.
Treated at
Home.
1905
113
77.9
22.1
1906
149
91.9
8.1
1907
140
84.3
15.7
1908
90
91.0
9.0
1909
67
82.1
17.9
Average for previous
five years.
112
85.4
14.6
1910
54
79.6
20.4